Furthermore, Natural Moral Law is absolute in its nature because it allows no exceptions to its rules and can be applied universally. Aristotle believed ultimate happiness (known as eudemonia in Ancient Greece) to be the aim of life, Aquinas developed this idea though, claiming this was achieved through eternal fellowship with God and ‘beatific vision’. He postulated that the application of Natural Moral Law in our lives was the way in which we could achieve this ultimate goal of ultimate happiness. Aquinas identified four laws by which humans live; his general definition of law is “a rule put into place by one who has care of the community”. The lowest level of law, according to Aquinas is human law; the law created by us and abided by in everyday life in order to from a recognisable structure in society.
Obviously, our reason cannot of itself provide us with complete knowledge of God, if it could we would ourselves would be God. Nevertheless, through our reason we are able to gain some certain knowledge of God. Thomas Aquinas theorized five different logical arguments to prove the existence of God utilizing scientific hypotheses and basic assumptions of nature called "The Five Ways". The First Way is Motion. Our senses prove that some things are in motion.
There are five primary precepts to Natural Law, Aquinas believed that these precepts came from God. They were derived from looking at our nature and surroundings. Primary Precepts are defined as being five rules that everyone should strive to have in their nature, they are: the preservation of life, reproduction, to educate and nurture the young, to live peacefully in society and to worship God. These primary precepts are classed as always being true, regardless of situation, and are instilled into all human beings, which provides Natural Law theory with its absolutist view point. One strength of this absolutist view point is that it provides us with a very straight forward and simple approach to decision making; as rules are common to all people in all communities they are therefore easier to follow.
Explain Paley’s version of the teleological argument (25) The teleological argument, or the design argument, is an argument to prove the existence of God, it is an A Posteriori argument which attempts to show that the design, order, complexity and purpose of the universe imply the existence of a God who gives the world such characteristics. The design argument follows the logical pattern that when we see things that are manmade, which are in an ordered pattern, or are particularly beautiful, complex or which work well then we must infer that they have been created that way by an intelligent designer. We must see that these things do not arise by chance, therefore when we look at the natural world and see that there is order, beauty, complexity and purpose we can see that the natural world closely resembles human inventions and therefore must also have and intelligent designer. The only thing that is powerful enough to design something as complex as the universe must be God. Therefore, God exists.
This the world that God created and we live in to this day. In the natural world, Paul explains in Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities- His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” With the many creations that God has produced, the world should not be presented in an evil way. God gives us chances every day to show what is right in the world and how everything should be treated. God wants us to present ourselves in righteousness rather than in sin. When we receive God and his word, we should receive it with open arms rather than resist it.
Backus and Chapian (2000) discuss how the fruit of a person stems from what they believe, so if a person believes an error the actions and behavior will be based off what he believe. According to Backus misbelief is the self-talk, the stinking thinking that people have. The thoughts that people tend to dwell on and relive constantly in their mind is misbelief the concept of self-talk. Dr. Adams approach to counseling is founded on the word “of God”. Adams references scripture throughout the process of his theory but he specifically references 2 Timothy 3:14-17 pertaining to change.
God also has standards for man regarding morality and/or ethics. He gave us the ability to choose, even knowing that we could choose to disregard His guidelines or Commandments. In Exodus 20:6 we are told how to please God. Though we may please God, in Ephesians 2:8-10, we see what we must ultimately do to atone for man’s fall from God. “How a Christian lives their life reveals their spiritual condition” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011, p.65).
But more importantly, God has given us a glimpse into His nature by creating man as a reflection of His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-28). WORLDVIEW 3 The Question of Meaning/Purpose? The biblical worldview is a love story between God and man that unveils the mystery of mans rescue in Christ Jesus (Eph.3: 3-4), which opens his eyes and delivers him from the power of Satan, into the power of God (Acts 26:18). This power was demonstrated by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death into life, and now works in those who know Him (Eph.1: 15-23; Jn. 5:24; 17:3).
I can be and am and this to me is the puzzle of God’. This is the most sense statement, us humans have a desire to know how everything began, we do not need to know. The Cosmological argument provides a simple answer for the desirable human, for now this is acceptable until a better one is found. Now I ask, can the Cosmological stand alone? Aquinas needed the support from the Design argument when drawing up his ‘Five ways’ in order for them to stand and then link to God being omniscient.
He also states that cause/source must be greater than the effect/idea. He has an idea of God. Since God is supreme and perfect in every meaning, the cause of Descartes’ idea of God should be God himself. Therefore God necessarily exists. My objection is if something cannot come from nothing, then God also must come from something.